I believe that the sixth bill, the one that would redo the program and do the block grants is in fact one of the most important and in fact took the longest time in the Judiciary Committee. So I would hope that they would not be subjected…

I have several problems with the logic there. First of all, arguing that something should not be included because it is not necessary, if there is any ambiguity, it seems to me a weak argument. None of those arguing in opposition said it…

Mr. Chairman, the rules of the House are not enough, I would say to the gentleman very simply, when we are dealing with a matter which includes the U.S. Senate. That is not hard. The rules of the House do not bind the Senate, they do not…

Mr. Chairman, this is astonishing. What the gentleman is saying is we do not need any of this because if a motion comes up in a bill that has an unfunded mandate we defeat it. Has this been a charade? No, it has not been a charade. I mean…

I offered a free standing substitute that would have protected Social Security and would have met the argument that, ``Oh, you could then call anything Social Security.'' I offered an amendment to the Committee on Rules which would have…

first I wanted to correct a mistake which I made last night. I referred to prior rules which prohibited at the objection of any one Member the meeting of a committee while the 5-minute rule was in process. I had not mentioned, in fact I…

I disagree with the majority leader's statement that this last year and the year before was blanket permission. As I understand the rule, unless the House granted such permission, any Member in a committee that was sitting in a markup…

having worked very hard this weekend, having made a special round trip here to interrupt my weekend in my district to work on the Mexico loan bill, trying in cooperation with other Members to put together a set of conditions that would…

I am talking now that there are two separate questions here, the ruling which my friend from Michigan was pursuing, and the new rule which the Republicans brought to this House as part of the Contract that said you do not change the…

I want to reiterate my objection to the procedure by which we are dealing with this. Tom Foley, our former Speaker, has been, it seems to me, unfairly maligned to some extent. Let us contrast the way we passed this bill, and we passed this…

I am all for this. I was not aware that there were many meetings that were not open. Most of the Members I know generally try to get the press to come to their meetings rather than keep them away, but I think it is important that we do…

I think the example of openness we set here is important. Let GOPAC and every other political organization controlled by Members of the House follow the example because certainly no Member of the House would want to be considered so…

But I disagree with him as to methods in this case. He correctly says that if we do not encourage population control, other parts of foreign aid do not work well. But the reverse is also true, and it may be the converse or the obverse, and…

I am pleased that the previous speaker welcomes growth. We ought to be very clear. It is growth which has happened in absolute contradiction to the predictions he made last year. The Republican Members of the House consistently last year…

there are always some remote possibilities that an ill-intentioned law enforcement officer will take the words of any criminal statute and abuse them. There is always the possibility that casually involved people will be given the maximum…

any resemblance between this piece of legislation and the rhetoric we have heard on the other side is entirely accidental. It may be the problem is that the bill is written in English, because some of my friends seem to have some trouble…

Let us be clear what this does not deal with. Standing there with signs, saying things, trying to persuade people. Physically obstructing. Standing in the doorway, and I think if you stand in the doorway to try to force a woman to pass…

I am far more strongly convinced of the merits of this amendment than of its chances for success, but, given the possibility that a hundred Members may have made a mistake on the last vote, I will offer it. What this amendment would do…

we owe our colleague from California [Mr. Lehman] a profound debt of gratitude for again organizing this Special Order to make sure that the world does not forget the terrible Armenian genocide. The current troubles facing the brave people…

this approach, the approach in the bill, as it came out of committee, and the approach that the House took, is throwing good money after bad by this society. The question is not whether it is a good thing for people to be taking drugs. It…

I was not denying that there was a reference to multiple petitions. My point was the gentleman counterposed that to retroactivity. I think the gentleman wrote down one thing and found another. I think he just made a mistake. If you want to…

an example of the misimpression that has been conveyed of the Derrick amendment came from the gentleman from Illinois when he said, to show how inconsistent it was, he cited a statement by the gentleman from North Carolina that said there…

if the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Duncan] thinks that teenagers decide on their sexual activity and their basic sexual urges from reading pamphlets, he is a poor guide, indeed, to public policy dealing with young people.

I don't think we're suggesting we give them to anybody else, and I gather we do agree in the given instance given the circumstances of the appointment of this special counsel to do things which he said would interfere, and, as we know…

I support the resolution, and I would like to make clear the basis. First, we have had two sets of accusations. Many of us felt that the first set really did not--really rise to the level requiring a full investigation. We have been…